I found this quite interesting. Basically, given the following description: Binary search solves the problem [of searching within a pre-sorted array] by keeping track of a range within the array in ...

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Optimizations in programming have mostly been associated with more efficient data structures or algorithms. Any optimization that uses hardware resources explicitly is generally considered premature, ...